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Dollar starts 2021 in the cellar with a hangover
January 4th, 2021
The dollar started the new year by slipping broadly on Monday as investors sold it for just about everything else in the Asia session, wagering the world’s pandemic recovery will drive other currencies higher. The euro, which had dipped ...
Big investors new to cryptocurrencies appear to be behind bitcoin’s rally to a record
December 22nd, 2020
A herd of new, big investors are scooping up bitcoin this year as the price more than doubles. Investors who bought at least 1,000 bitcoins — worth roughly $23 million at Friday’s price — and have had an account ...
Prospects for the UK and the pound
December 15th, 2020
This article assesses the likelihood of the pound following the dollar into monetary hyperinflation. Between March and September, the US Government financed twice as much of its spending by bond sales — mostly through inflationary QE — compared with ...
NSX Ltd : TAS and DESS now Live
November 23rd, 2020
NSX Limited (ASX:NSX), (“the Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, the National Stock Exchange of Australia (“NSXA”) has completed its Trade Acceptance Service (“TAS”) integration to the ASX Clear system. TAS brings the ability to ...
European stocks closed lower; Travel stocks shedding 1.1%
November 18th, 2020
European stocks closed lower on Tuesday despite a backdrop of more positive coronavirus vaccine news from Moderna. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed down by around 0.2% provisionally, with travel stocks shedding 1.1% to lead the losses as the majority ...
Fondex Adds Paymero as New Funding Method for Asian Clients
November 10th, 2020
Fondex, the multi-award winning and regulated online CFD broker, has declared yet another new addition to its various account funding methods – Paymero. Paymero is a world-class payment solution for Asian markets that offers Fondex clients the flexibility of ...
Strong growth in global investment demand for gold in Q3
October 29th, 2020
Global gold demand dropped by 19% y-o-y to 892t in Q3, as consumers continued to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the lowest quarterly total since Q3 2009. The Year-to-date demand of 2,972.1t was 10% lower ...
The destruction of the euro
October 26th, 2020
The Eurozone is bust. The deterioration of TARGET2 imbalances have been hardly noticed, but in recent months it has been alarming. Despite official denials over the years that it is a matter of concern, it is increasingly obvious ...
The emerging evidence of hyperinflation
October 15th, 2020
Note: all references to inflation are of the quantity of money and not to the effect on prices unless otherwise indicated. In last week’s article I showed why empirical evidence of fiat money collapses are relevant to monetary ...
Euro area unemployment at 8.1%
October 2nd, 2020
In August 2020, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate has continued to rise for 5 consecutive months, reaching 8.1%. The same trend has applied to the EU unemployment rate that reached 7.4% in August 2020. These figures are published ...
